The singer admitted to US chat show host Ellen DeGeneres that she has been dating "everyday Dave" for around eight months after her friends introduced them at a party, and gushed about being in "love" with him, despite him failing to return her call.

"I think it was instant. I just love that he's very passionate and he's funny and he's sexy and I don't know, I like him," she said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

The 32-year-old added: "I just... I love him."

Britney - who is preparing for a two-year residency at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, starting on December 27 - admitted that the couple had a lovers' quarrel when he kept her waiting for a phone call.

"We got into a tiffy last night. It's his fault, of couse," she said.

"He forgot to call me back for a really long time so but we're fine now," she added, confessing the wait was around six hours.

The mother-of-two, whose new album Britney Jean is out now, has been married twice: to backing dancer Kevin Federline and briefly to childhood friend Jason Alexander, and was previously engaged to manager Jason Trawick.